Cbair's Re
rt Moreeambe Ba Foodbank:
AGM 17th A ril 2026
I have been involved with Morecambe Bay Foodbank for over 13 years now, and some of you have
been involved even longer, right back to the founding in one room at the back of the Gym Church.
Foodbanks were set up to provide food for those who Couldn't manage in the lean years after the
fmancial Cras￿ and intended to be a short tem) project. They expanded rapidly during the many
years of austerity. then the shock of covi& followed by the ¢ost of living crisis started by the effects
of the war in Ukraine. Now we are about to enter yet another cost of living crisis caused by another
war, this time in Iran. Remember the initial purpose of Trussell,'to end the need for foodbanks"
Sadly we are further away from that than ever.
To meet these challenges we have had to adapt and grow. From that initial one room we are now on
a ten year lease in this very large space. From being run solely by volunteers under the auspices of
the Methodist Church we now have paid staff (but still also a magnificent set of volunteers) and an
active Trustee Board. From being just a supplier of emergency food we now do huge amounts of
work to provide wider support to help clients t2ckle the underlying caus&q of fiK)d poverty in the
their lives.
We cannot do much ourselves to Change the causes of poverty in our society today, such &8 the
pernicious effect of ever rising rents whilst the Loeal Housing Allowance fails to keep pace. Many
families receive Universal Credit because theiT income is thought to be inadequate to live on.
Approximately half of these famklies have one or even ttvo adults in work. Universal Credit in itself
is not enough to live on pr(>perly as th¢"essentials campaign" run by Trussell 2nd the Joesph
Rowntree Trust has shown. Despite this they are expected to find what be hundreds of pounds a
month to top up their rent because eveJ) if they are on maximum Housing Benefit this does not
cover their rent. Trussell nationally however do lobby Government and we should celebrate the
occasional improvement such as the recent abolition of the 'knvo child benefit limit" and the
uprating of the minimum wage.
Our primary purpose has always been to provide emergency f￿)d for those in need. Last year we
distributed approximately £250,000 worth of food to almost 3000 households. Each household
receives enough food to provkde three meals a day for tl)ree days for everyone in that household as a
minimum. Within those households we supported almost 4000 adults and almost 2500 childre
including over 600 aged 04. W¢ mainly rely on donations of fo(xl through our donhtion bins in
sup¢rtnarkets, organised collections at Sch(￿lS and churches, and collections through other events
organised locally such as at Mor¢cambe FC. These donations can vary from a shopper putting a tin
in the supermarket bin to a club organising a colledion and delivering a car load of food. Every tin
is appreciated. The ever increasing price of food has made it difficult foT our donors to keep pace
with dellthnd. Up to three vears ago we rarely had to buy food in. now we spend on average £IOOO a
week topping up our supplies. We are very grateful to those who donate money to enable us to
continue, from those who donate monthly through standing orders, those who put money in our tins
when we are collecting at a supernarket or the football, and those organisations and individuals that
regularly send us money. More on this in the finance report lateT.
Over many years now it has become clear that for many of our clients their need for emergeney
food is not short term but an ongoing part of their lives. To this end we have developed a model of
providing wider support to clients through partnership with Citizens Advice North Lancashire to
attempt to solve the underlying issues causing the need for emergency fo(Kl. With the help of
T￿￿sell nationally we set up the Schools Project in April 2023. This initially involved using
nding provided by Trussell through the Pathfmder programm¢ to commission one full time CANL
advisor to deal with referrals from schools and give intense support to Glient4 many of whom had
multiple issues causing financial hardship. This project was so successful that we used our own

financial resources to employ another full tim¢ advisor, and then to continue the project for another
year beyond the initial two year Trussell funding. The impact has been astonishing. Over the last
three years we have invested £IOO,000 from Trussell and £135000 of our Tesources in this
project. The financial benefits for clkents in our local community have b¢¢n almost £2.5 million.
This is £10 of benefit to the local community for every £1 invested. I ￿11 be circulating a full
report on the three years of this project separately. I would like at this time to pay tribute to the
pioneering work of Jeni Meadows on this proje¢L and the brilliant work of Charlotte Harvey from
CANL. Sadly however this Project is now at an end, &s we cannot continue to fi￿d it ourselves at
the level of cost indicated. I do know however that CANL have n￿de successful bids for resouTces
to continue a similar project themselves.
Our partnership with CANL was recognised by Truss¢ll and National Citizens Advice ID April 2025
when we were chosen to be one of only five partnerships in the County to be awarded funding for a
similar project targeted at those with children aged 04. This project was also hugely successful,
with an investment of £IOO,000 leading to community gains of over £800,000, £8 for every £1
spent. Sa(lly once again funding for this project has dri¢d up after just one year.
We ar¢ virtl￿1Y unique within the well over 400 Trussell Foodbank Network in being a delivery
only senrice. Thi8 means that unlike before the pandemic we do not meet Clients so have no
opportwlity to signpost them to filltheT SUPPOrt. For the l&st three years therefore we have funded
from our resources the "Foodbank Project". where another commissioned CANL advisor
contacts clients to offer advice and support to ta¢kle tbeir underlying problems in a similar way to
the other projects. This has resulted in gains of over £300.000 in the last year for ¢lients, a return of
£6 for every £1 invest¢d. l am pleased to say that Trustees have agreed to meet the cost of this
project from our own budgel and it will continue.
I have moTe detailed rq)orts on each of thes¢ projects and will be circulating them at a later dafr.
Our final preventative project is our magnificent Unifornl Project. The cost of unifom] is a
considerable burden on parents and there is precious little support available. Despite recent
Government legislation in this area a number of our local schools continue to make unreasonable
demands on parents through changes in unifonn, requirements for blazers and PE kit with logos,
even at14imary School. I have spoken about this on local radio more than once in recent years, and
Citizens Advice North Lancashire produced an excellent report on this two years ago. but the
excessive demands of a minolity of schools continue to cause problems. Last year we gave out
almost l 000 sets of school unifomi, saving parents upwards of £200,000. Our volunteer unifomi
teanL led by Angela, are just magnificent.
Our primary purpose is to prowde emergency food to people in need. Sadly, however, this is
frequently just a sticking plaster that tackles the effects rather than the causes. l am pleased
therefore to say that the combined effect of all the preventative measures I have described here has
been to enable financial gains in our local community in the last year of over £2 million. This has
led to us being one of th¢ very few foodbanks in the Trussell network to have reduced demand for
food, although I suspect demand will stsrt to go back up again in the next 12 months &8 we ent¢r
anoth¢r cost of living ￿ls1S.
At this point I would like to say that none of this would have be¢n possible wkthout the magnificent
efforts of our staff, our Trustees and especially our wonderful volunteers. Let's give everyone a well
deserved round of applause.
Finally I will turn to the elephant in the room. You will notice that I have covered things in this
report that would no
ly be in the Managels reporL and that Briony is not with us today. Despit¢
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a number of personal and health issues over the lasl year she has kept going and done a wonderful
job. Sadly however she has reach¢d the stage where for her own personal h¢alth she has decided to
go back to Ireland. I regret to infomi you that Briony is ¢urrently off sick and will finish her
employment with us on May8th. Most of us have known Brtony for many years and cannot fail to
have b¢en impressed by her devotion to improving the live5 of pe4)ple in our local community. She
started at Morecambe Bay Foodbank as a volunteer at Westminster Road and took over as Manager
at a very di£ficult time in 2021. Over the last five years through her hard work and vision she has
helped transfoTm the fo(Idbank into the succes5 It is today.
Whilst Briony is irreplaceable as a person she would want us to make sure that the fi)odbank
ontinues to thrive and support those most in need in our local community. To this end I will be
woyking with Trustees to ensure that the post is filled by the best candidate available. This process
will take time, so I will be supporting staff and volunteers by being at the foodbank myself every
Tuesday and Thursday from early May. I know you will all continue the wonderful work that you
are doing.
Thanks to you all, staff, trustees, donors, and especially volunteers. It is your dedication that enables
us to be so supportive of our local community.
Roger Gittins Chair of Trustees Morecambe Bay Foo

MORECAMBE BAY FOODBANK
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
DATEPREPARED..
06.11.25
Relating to: 01.09.24- 31.08.25
Unrestricted
Funds £
Restricted
Fund5 £
Endowment
Funds £
Totsl Funds
Pre￿ou$
Year £
INCOME &
ENDOWMENTS
DonationslLegacies
By Standing Orders
DonationslLegacies
GIFTS
Bank Interest
Income from Activtties
Total Income &
Endowments
95424.13
95424.13
97866.12
129852.69
43809.62
173662.31
252144.91
18451.65
18451.65
0.00
287538.09
19994.60
0.00
370005.63
243728.47
43809.62
0.00
EXPENDITURE
Raising Funds
Charitable Activities
TOTAL EXPENOITURE
0.00
485521.64
485521.64
0.00
269243.06
269243.06
420796.64
420796.64
64725.￿)
64725.00
Net Gainslllossesl
on investments
Net Income/
{Expenditurel
-177068.17
-20915.38
-197983.55
11)0762.57
Transfers between funds
Other recognised
gainslllossesl
Gainslllosses) on
revaluation of fixed
assets
Actuarlal gainsl
Ilossesl
Other
0.00
0.00
ainslllossesl
Net movement in
tuftds
-177068.17
-20915.38
-197983.55
100762.57
Reconciliatlon of
funds
Total Funds brought
forward
626084.45
64402.48
690486.93
589724.36
Total Funds carrled
forward
449016.28
43487.10
492503.38
690486.93
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MORECAMBE BAY FOODBANK
DATE: 31st August 2025
BALANCE SHEEr
TOTAL FUNDS
PREVIOUS
YEAR'S TOTALS
FIXED ASSErs:
Intangible Assets
Tangible Assets:
0.00
0.00
Computers
Vehicles
Equipment
Fixtures & Fittings
£4787.79
£227.26
£1593.66
£4113.44
10.722.15
0.00
12.859.33
Heritage Assets
Investments
TOTAL FIXED ASSErs:
0.00
12.859.33
10,722.15
CURRENT ASSETS:
Stocks
Debtors and Prepayments
Investments
Cash at Bank and in Hand:
Main Account
Community Account
Savings Account
Flagstone
Paypal
Cash
Vouchers
29,253.40
85,082.06
0.00
66,427.86
97,588.96
118.25
£308.67
£28.17
£22347.71
£349304.14
£1.00
£188.62
£229.70
372,408.01
515.901.29
TOTAL CURRENT ASSErs
486.743.47
680.036.36
LIABILITIES:
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Net Current assets or Liabilities
Total Assets less Current Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one
Provision for Liabilities
Net Assets or Liabilities excluding pension assets or liabilities
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability
TOTAL NET ASSEfs OR UABIUTIES
4.962.24
481,781.23
492,503.38
0.00
0.00
492,503.38
2.408.76
677,627.60
690,486.93
0.00
ear
690,486.93
492,503.38
690,486.93
THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY:
Endowment Funds
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Revaluation Reserve
Pension Reserve
Total Unrestrirted Funds
TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS
0.00
43,487.10
9,016.28
0.00
0.00
449,016.28
492.503.38
0.00
64,402.48
626,084.45
0.00
0.00
626,084.45
690.486.93
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l) Debtors & Pre
ments
The amount of £85082.06 in prepayments Is made up of the following-
Prepayments
Accrued Income
£89,145.86
£4,063.80
21 Creditors
The amount of £3035.23 in the creditors is made up of the following:
Big Dug
Castle Security Services
Chris Dalby Fire Protection Services
Ford Lease
Infinity Print Solutions
dated 29.08.25
dated 31.08.25
dated 15.08.25
dated 30.07.25
dated 29.08.25
dated 14.04.25
dated 04.08.25
dated 31.08.25
dated 31.08.25
£133.55
£14.40
£102.00
£1,015.00
£39.11
£1.284.60
-£229.50
£103.49
£72.00
Lancaster City Council
Right Fuel Card
Verve Accountancy
Webfleet Solutions
11
dated 26.08.25
£500.58
Pension Contributions for August 2025 (paid in September 2025}
£751.01
Accruals
Accountancy Accrual
Other accruals
£432.00
£744.00
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3)
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
Type
Amount
Client Purchases
Outreach Work
Local Projects
Closing Stock
Wages & salaries
Employers National Insurance
Pension Contributions
Rent
Rates,Heat & Light
Phone & Internet
Equipment Hire
Insurance
Subscriptions
Advert
Printing, Postage & stationery
Cleaning & Waste Disposal
Motor
Travel
Office Costs
Repairs
Legal & Professional fees
Accountancy
Miscellaneous expenses
Bank Charges
Depreciation of Assets
57,897.1
172,523.29
39.34
-£315.00
110,678.70
-1422.35
6,238.37
24,999.96
15,131.11
9,097.41
378.50
7,788.31
157.20
1,563.53
115.59
1,827.14
18,737.01
2.767.60
227.27
2.197.73
952.70
708.QO
1,274.58,
1,240.45
3,350.52
Total
438,154.12
HA/l
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VERVE ACCOUNTANCY
A Fresh Approach
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Morecambe B Foodbank
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No 1176579
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ear Ènded 31° A
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We ￿port to the tmstees on our examinatlon of the accounts of the above charrty 1.the Trusw) for
the year ended 31° August 2025.
As the chariws trustees, you are responsible forthe preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wtth
the requirements of the Charities Art 20111-the Act").
We report in respect of the examination of the Trust's accounts tarried out undersection 145 of the
2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. we have followed all the applitable Direttions glven by
the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the ACL
Indepèndent eyamlnerfs 5tstÈment
We have no concems and have tome across no other matters In connectlon with the examination to
whlch attention should be dtBwn in this report in orderto enable a proper undersvdnding of the
accounts to be reached.
Slgned
Gillian Telford
FMAAT
Date 2f November 2025
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